Pekin Community High School District 303′s State of the District Tuesday evening gave district officials along with school faculty and students an opportunity to present the districts offerings to the community.
About 160 community members, not including staff and students, attended the event Tuesday at Pekin Community High School. Culinary arts students presented...
Pekin Community High School’s student yearbook team won out over thousands of other national entries when it was awarded last month for design work and its theme for its 2017-2018 yearbook.
“Being included in that book is the holy grail of yearbooks. To be selected for it was amazing,” said PCHS teacher and yearbook advisor Alyson Smith, who was also working on...
A five-person team of Pekin Community High School’s Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets recently qualified to participate in the annual Army JROTC Service Championships.
The 25-team competition was held Feb. 16 and 17 in Camp Perry, Ohio. The PCHS team consisted of junior Blake Briggs, senior and team co-captain Hope Hill, sophomore Julius Min, senior...
Education Week came to PCHS to highlight our Little Dragon's Day Care. Thank you to the daycare program, teachers, aides, child care students and trusting employees who have all allowed this program to take off this year and become a highlight of PCHS.Here is the link to the story
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PCHS helps find owner of jewelry box after 30 years.
On December 4th, the PCHS Facebook page received a message that said..
“This has been for a long time something I have needed to do, but procrastinated on in life with family, work, etc…”
Bobby Morrison continued writing. “I reported to the Chicago Recruiting Battalion for the Army in 1991. I had...
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Click on this link for the 2018 College Changes Everything Eventhttp://www.pekintimes.com/phot...A College Changes Everything event took place at Pekin Community High School Oct. 4. Seniors could sign up for the college or career path of their choice. There were representatives from four-year universities, ICC, military recruiters,medical colleges such as Methodist...
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Libbi Hill, a special education teacher at Pekin Community High School, wanted more real-life job experiences for her students. She had a goal.
The goal was to use PCHS’ “School-to-Work Program” to connect her students with businesses so they could acquire job experiences that they might not seek on their own. This program is open to seniors.
“We want them to...
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PEKIN — In the 2018-19 academic year, Pekin Community High School will for the first time offer full-day child care for faculty and staff.
Children ages 6 weeks to 5 years will be accepted into the Little Dragons Early Childhood Education Center.
Assistant Superintendent Melissa Bloom said the high school wanted to offer this program so employees can have...
By Braden Fogal / Times CorrespondentPosted Aug 3, 2018 at 1:08 PM
Pekin Community High School is celebrating its 30th year as a GAPP exchange school. GAPP stands for the German American Partnership Program. Since 2012 the PCHS’s current exchange school is the Max-Born-Gymnasium in Backnang, Germany. The school was named after the famous 20th century German...
Pekin Community High School students are getting a technology boost this year with Chromebooks that will help them learn new skills while opening up new education pathways for teachers.
On their first day of school, Friday, Aug. 17, each PCHS student will receive a Chromebook during their first hour. This is the first time the high school has done this....
The summer newsletter can be found here:https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws...
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Yvonne Thompson knew her daughter was only pretending to be dead on the hood of a wrecked car but she still choked up while watching the crash reenactment last week at Pekin Community High School.
“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare,” she whispered.
>span class="s1">“Make good decisions and choices. Do not make your mother or father go to the basement of...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third installment in a four-part series about whether Pekin youth have enough to do in the city. This installment focuses on the perspective of officials at Pekin Community High School.
As one would expect from a high school, Pekin Community High School offers an array of athletic teams, bands, choirs, dance teams and pep squads. It also...
Leadership can be intentional or unintentional. While some people are natural leaders, others happen upon leadership through life experiences. Hunter Beasley is a high school wrestler who demonstrates leadership unintentionally every day through his actions after overcoming a debilitating spinal cord injury.
Beasley was a wrestling novice his freshman year at...
Please take a few moments to read our monthly newsletter. It has exciting events and important information concerning PCHS. Below is the link to access the letter. Please call the principal's office at (309)347-4101 if you have any questions or would prefer a print version.http://5il.co/322p
http://www.1470wmbd.com/house-...A local post office is a step closer to being renamed for a fallen Marine.
A bill sponsored by Illinois 17th District Congresswoman Cheri Bustos would rename the Pekin Post Office at 514 Broadway Street after Lance Corporal Jordan Bastean. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives Monday.
Lance Corporal Bastean was...
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PEKIN, Ill. (WEEK) -- -Before tweeting, texting, or hitting the post button, you may want to think about how it represents you.
Students at Pekin High are getting a crash course in social media 101.
The lecture touches on several areas of social media literacy including understanding terms of service. Many people don't read the service agreement because it...
Click here for great photos of PCHS students at the Bradley Jazz Festivalhttp://www.pjstar.com/photogal...
Check out this great feature article as published in the BLDD Buzzworthy newsletter: http://www.bldd.com/pekin-high...
Pekin Community High School’s leaders and students want the city to see and learn what they’re doing to prepare for the future and improve their community through a first-time event next month.
Invitations went out Wednesday that officials of District 303 hope will draw about 500 people to its inaugural State of the District meeting the evening of Jan. 29 at the...
Pekin Community High School’s fall play is a comedy with potions and broomsticks to tickle the fancy of all fans of witches and wizards with Halloween on the horizon.
“Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone: A Harry Potter Parody,” is the work of Author Dean O’Carroll.
Sally is teenager who wants to live out her favorite movie series. Her wish comes to life when in...
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September 14th, 2017 – Pekin, IL. – Karli McCann has been nominated for the 2017-2018 national LifeChanger of the Year award.
Sponsored by the National Life Group Foundation, LifeChanger of the Year recognizes and rewards the very best K-12 educators and school district employees across the United States who are making a difference in the lives of students by...
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The administration, staff and Board at Pekin Community High School worked toward a new vision and mission for PCHS during the 2016-2017 school year. As we did so, we knew we wanted to use these statements as a jumping off point for a rebranding/marketing plan for our high school. You will see more and more schools and districts prioritizing time and resources...